ID 1071142
Lot 117 | A SET OF THREE GEORGE III SILVER TWO-HANDLED SUGAR VASES AND COVERS
Estimate value
£ 1 500 – 2 500
MARK OF DANIEL SMITH AND ROBERT SHARP, LONDON, 1784
Each vase-shaped with beaded borders, on square base, the body engraved with a coat-of-arms, the covers with a crest, each beneath baron's coronet, with two leaf capped scroll handles, the detachable covers with a baluster finial, marked on bases and covers, with scratch weight 37:16
The largest, 8 in. (20.3 cm.) high
35 oz. 11 dwt. (1,106 gr.)
The arms are those of Sandys quartering others impaling Colebrooke, for Edwin Sandys, 2nd Baron Sandys (1726-1797), and his wife Anna Maria (d. 1806), daughter of James Colebrooke (1680-1752), whom he married in 1769.
| Artist: | Robert Sharp |
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| Manufactur: | Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Artist: | Robert Sharp |
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| Manufactur: | Daniel Smith & Robert Sharp |
| Applied technique: | Metalwork |
| Medium: | Silver |
| Place of origin: | England, Northern Europe, Europe, United Kingdom |
| Auction house category: | All other types of objects, Vases and vessels |
| Address of auction |
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